Chapter 54

ZIVA

I took the bed cover and rearranged it. I poured the roses on the floor and pushed them underneath the bed.

“What are you doing?” I heard a masculine voice say.

I paused in my tracks, and glanced up. To my surprise, I spotted Alpha Xander. He moved away from the bathroom. Just then, I realized that he had been in the bathroom.

He was in a shirt with a few buttons undone. I gulped and looked away.

“I was arranging...” I muttered, and faced him, “How long have you been there?”

“A minute or two. And what did you do to the roses? They were beautiful.”

“It was arranged here accidentally, so I threw them away,” I replied with a fake smile.

He dropped his cell phone on the table, then he returned to the bathroom with a towel.

As soon as he shut the door, I heard the gushing sound of water.

I exhaled loudly like I had been holding my breath. Okay... I just have to endure, endure his presence on the bed, next to me. Sharing the bed with him for the first time was awful. I think I would ra